CHICAGO (Reuters) — Cargill Food Distribution has partnered with beef processor Teys Australia to provide Australian beef from grass and grain-feed cattle to the U.S. market, according to a Cargill statement on Monday. Teys’ beef will be distributed through Cargill Food’s nine U.S. distribution centres. Teys manages six accredited export beef processing plants, two feedlots […] Read more
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Cargill to distribute Australian grass/grain-fed beef in U.S.
Dryness Slows Argentine Corn Planting, Wheat Mostly Healthy
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Argentine corn planting is being slowed by dry weather and low market prices while most of the country’s wheat crop is flowering healthily, thanks to good weather after frosts briefly caused worries about yield damage last week, meteorologists and farmers said on Monday. The South American grains powerhouse is the world’s […] Read more
Techs & Specs editorial opportunity
Techs & Specs is a premium editorial opportunity in Canada’s largest agricultural publication. Techs & Specs appears twice annually as a magazine supplement to The Western Producer. The Spring 2014 Edition, appearing April 4, will feature spraying and application equipment. Most self propelled machines have been updated for 2014. There are some new products and […] Read more
Research project leads to converting manure to energy
A green project at the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) near Lanigan, Sask., turning solid manure into energy through their solid state anaerobic digester. The digester uses organic waste, such as manure, livestock feed or grass clippings, to produce gases. PAMI was contracted by the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, which received $51,000 from Agriculture Canada […] Read more
Food Safety Group Demands U.S. Probe In Tainting Of Alfalfa Crop
Sept 27 (Reuters) — A food-safety advocacy group demanded on Friday that the U.S. government investigate how a Washington state alfalfa crop became tainted with a genetically modified trait that was illegal when the seed was purchased. The Center for Food Safety said it was basing its legal petition on evidence that the seed used […] Read more
Canada Burger Chain A&W Taps Demand For Hormone-Free Beef
WINNIPEG (Reuters) — Privately owned Canadian hamburger chain A&W will buy only beef from cattle raised without added growth hormones or steroids, a move that adds costs but taps into growing consumer interest in how food is prepared. Vancouver, British Columbia-based A&W Food Services of Canada, known for its Teen Burger, dancing bear mascot and […] Read more
Manure, water recycler wins technology award
A Calgary company has been recognized for its technology to recycle manure to clean water. Livestock Water Recycling won $100,000 from the Globe and Mail and Telus small business challenge contest. The money is expected to be used to upgrade its recycling system and laboratories. The company works with dairy and hog farms, as well […] Read more
Manley presses for action on European trade deal
A prominent Canadian business advocates is warning that a European Union failure to ratify a trade deal with Canada would be an EU setback. John Manley, a former Liberal finance minister, industry minister and deputy prime minister who now is president of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, was in Ireland Sept. 27 to complain […] Read more
Country of Original Labelling dispute enters new phase
With another panel review in the works, Canada’s Country-of-Origin Labelling dispute with the United States has entered its next phase in the World Trade Organization dispute resolution process. The WTO announced Sept. 27 that at Canada’s request, the issue will be referred back to the original dispute resolution panel that last year found COOL in […] Read more
Federal government invests $3.7 million in developing oilseeds
Federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz today announced the federal government will invest $3.7 million to the Soy 20-20 project for varieties of camelina sativa. The investment is expected to go toward developing market ready varieties of camelina and increasing the value of the oil for industrial use. Camelina is a non-food crop with renewable oils […] Read more
